‘He messaged me the other night and said you are my saviour’: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of intimate partners’ roles in supporting Veterans with mental health difficulties

LAY SUMMARY Previous research has shown that partners of Veterans with mental health difficulties can often struggle their own when supporting the Veteran. Despite this, many couples choose to remain in a relationship. The authors wanted know whether there are any positive aspects being relationship Veteran and have role play difficulties. Using semi-structured interviews, interviewer asked six female male describe experiences described three main themes, suggesting not only do Veterans, specific ways they but this challenges as well.